The Union at 48 Boylston

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Location

Boston, MA

Client

Planning Office for Urban Affairs

Services

Architecture, Interior Design

Sectors

Multi-Family, Historic Preservation & Adaptive Reuse, Commercial

Square Footage

15,710 SF

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The Union at 48 Boylston is the $31.2M preservation and rehabilitation of the former Boston Young Men’s Christian Union (BYMCU) building, originally constructed in 1875 and home to a nonprofit of the same name. It’s the most accomplished building in the High Victorian Gothic idiom remaining in Boston and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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The development provides 46 units of affordable housing, including 25 targeted to those who have experienced homelessness – serving some of the most vulnerable in a gentrifying neighborhood.

The project includes 12,000 square feet for St. Francis House’s administrative offices and a substance abuse counseling program. In addition, the Urban Hound at St. Francis House, a dog day care and grooming venture, provides job training and employment opportunities for residents and clients.

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